‘Nation comes first’: Indian filmmakers’ body bans Pak actors after Uri attack

The Indian Motion Picture Producers Association passed a resolution on Thursday to ban Pakistani actors from the industry in the wake of the Uri terror attack.

The Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association (IMPPA) passed a resolution on Thursday to ban Pakistani actors from the industry in the wake of the Uri terror attack.

Producer Ashoke Pandit, a member of the IMPPA, said the film body felt a responsibility towards the nation and passed a resolution to ban Pakistani actors and technicians in India. (HT File Photo)

“(The) IMPPA in their 87th annual general meeting passed (a resolution that) no Pakistani will be hired by their producer members forever,” producer TP Aggarwal, the president of IMPPA, told PTI.

The resolution came on a day the Indian Army announced that seven terror launch pads were targeted across the LoC by special forces during an overnight surgical strike in which heli-borne and ground forces were used.

Producer Ashoke Pandit, a member of the IMPPA, said, “IMPPA paid homage to the martyrs who were killed in Uri. It therefore felt its responsibility towards the nation and passed a resolution banning Pakistani actors and technicians in India till normalcy returns. For IMPPA, nation comes first.”

As many as 18 soldiers were killed in the Uri attack.

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